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second term at this rate. it's up to the states to adopt smart gun-safety laws. the top ten states from deaths from guns also had the weakest gun-safety laws but the reverse is also true because seven out of the ten states with the lowest number of deaths from guns also had the strongest gun-safety laws. including background checks and prohibit the sale of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, and those that require law enforcement to do more background checks before issuing concealed weapons permits. with me tonight is mark glaze, he is the director of mayors against guns. mark is joining me from new york. thanks for coming inside "the war room," mark. >> thank you for having me. >> jennifer: i know you have on the air a lot because of the tragedy last week. i'm curious about the policy arm of your organization and what can be done on the state level. many states have or are introducing laws to allow more concealed weapons in public schools, for example. what is your organization doing at this point f
second term at this rate. it's up to the states to adopt smart gun-safety laws. the top ten states from deaths from guns also had the weakest gun-safety laws but the reverse is also true because seven out of the ten states with the lowest number of deaths from guns also had the strongest gun-safety laws. including background checks and prohibit the sale of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, and those that require law enforcement to do more background checks before issuing concealed...
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that's why i was saying you know what, they might increase the rates because president obama has said it way too many times not to increase the rates at all, but although as we've sheen you, they've also hint haded they might lower rates. he's not going to go back up and take the bush tax cuts away. the final might be 37%. politico same reporting as the wall street journal on that. they say it might be about $1.2 trillion in tax increases. they say realistically it could be closer to a trillion dollars. that's similar to what we've been hearing. the democrats are supposed to have leverage, but looks like they'll get the same trillion dollars that president obama has always been asking for. finally, or two final notes on this we've got the $1.2 trillion in cuts that we might be getting. that's weird because it looked like the cuts were going to be much more than that. we'll see how that plays out. on medicaid, they say the floor is $400 billion. that's definitive. they are going to cut at least $400 billion from medicare, but it could be much, much higher. speaking of medicare, this is
that's why i was saying you know what, they might increase the rates because president obama has said it way too many times not to increase the rates at all, but although as we've sheen you, they've also hint haded they might lower rates. he's not going to go back up and take the bush tax cuts away. the final might be 37%. politico same reporting as the wall street journal on that. they say it might be about $1.2 trillion in tax increases. they say realistically it could be closer to a trillion...
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the top rate from 28%--cutting the top rate to 28%. reducing the manufacturing rate to 25%. cutting corporate deductions and loopholes, and be cutting corporate deductions, ending tax breaks for companies outsource jobs, much of what was stated in the state of union address. timothy geithner said that it will help level the playing field for businesses and allow the government to collect revenue. the 2012 presidential race looking more like a level playing field to the white house with a slight lean to the president. mr. obama edging romney in a poll with the caveat that is registered voters, not any form of likely voters. the margin error totals to 4%. he's doing better against santorum. mr. romney with a tax plan of his own. >> i'm going to lower rates across the board for all americans by 20%. >> or so he says. romney promising to cap all taxes by 28% lowering corporate tax rate to 25%. if that sound like a nod to the 1%. romney said he'll let middle class families keep their deductions. >> we'll cut back on that so we make sure tha
the top rate from 28%--cutting the top rate to 28%. reducing the manufacturing rate to 25%. cutting corporate deductions and loopholes, and be cutting corporate deductions, ending tax breaks for companies outsource jobs, much of what was stated in the state of union address. timothy geithner said that it will help level the playing field for businesses and allow the government to collect revenue. the 2012 presidential race looking more like a level playing field to the white house with a slight...
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what speaker boehner and president obama need to know about tax rates next on "viewpoint." the chill of peppermint. the rich dark chocolate. york peppermint pattie get the sensation. [ male announcer ] red lobster's crabfest ends soon. hurry in and try five succulent entrees like our tender snow crab paired with savory garlic shrimp. just $12.99. come into red lobster and sea food differently. and introducing 7 lunch choices for just $7.99. salads, sandwiches, and more. >> eliot: on the 18 -- only 18 days remain until we go over the so-called fiscal cliff and with congress once again heading home after another grueling two-day work week, president obama met once again with speaker boehner. while the president keeps talking about revenues, speaker boehner focuses on expenditures and it is hard to tell if any progress is being made. the main sticking point remains over the issue of tax rates for the wealthy. but according to a recent poll, 76% of the country including 61% of republicans agree that raising tax on the wealthy should be part of any fiscal deliver deal. for more,
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year said we can get $1.2 trillion in revenue without raising rates. if the president thought that was the right thing to do last year of again getting additional revenue he said he wants to do, let's see where his numbers are and how he gets this $1.2 trillion. i think there is obviously room for negotiation and there is an opportunity to get this done but i think republicans put forth a very credible planned i think we need to see something in specificity from the president in writing as opposed to what he's doing saying raise -- >> jennifer: ron the republicans have not specified which loopholes to close. they haven't been specific. for the reason we've talked about. they're unpopular. it is upon the burden -- the burden is on the republicans to be specific about what they can have the votes for in terms of which loopholes to close. but ultimately, if they don't reach a deal as you know, the rates are going up and it will be resolved by january 3rd, i were deict because -- i predict because nobody will be able to stomach the rates going up. >> i thi
year said we can get $1.2 trillion in revenue without raising rates. if the president thought that was the right thing to do last year of again getting additional revenue he said he wants to do, let's see where his numbers are and how he gets this $1.2 trillion. i think there is obviously room for negotiation and there is an opportunity to get this done but i think republicans put forth a very credible planned i think we need to see something in specificity from the president in writing as...
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of one of the ways to fix the fiscal cliff had to be to put new revenues and raise the tax rates of the wealthiest americans. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: so taking this case to the american people fighting strong, making his own case which he we've been asking him to do for four straight years. my reaction was this. >> flabbergasted. [ laughing ] >> cenk: what's your reaction. >> slightly flabbergasted because this is not how the president has worked before. he ran with a grassroots in 2008. we tried to recreate that, talked about the ground game in the campaign in 2012. he's taking a grassroots campaign to politics, which is what progressives have been begging him to do now for a while. it seems to be working. all the hash tags and all the my 2 k has tags has gotten up to 13,000 tweets per hour. not every one of them is, hey great idea, mr. president. a lot of them are coming from people who are conservatives saying whatever it is that they're saying. the point is he's in touch with the people. he's not living in a cocoon like he did in the first term. >> cenk: when they ask how wou
of one of the ways to fix the fiscal cliff had to be to put new revenues and raise the tax rates of the wealthiest americans. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: so taking this case to the american people fighting strong, making his own case which he we've been asking him to do for four straight years. my reaction was this. >> flabbergasted. [ laughing ] >> cenk: what's your reaction. >> slightly flabbergasted because this is not how the president has worked before. he ran with a...
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>> curiously president obama found an unlikely ally on this issue: mitt romney. >> i support extending the temporary relief on interest rates for students as a result of -- as a result of student loans obviously. in part because of the extraordinary -- extraordinarily poor conditions in the job market. >> now, let's turn to primary education, k through 12. the obama administration has created the $4 billion race to the top program and provided another $10,000,000,000 in emergency funding to states after the economic collapse to help schools. but since then governors from scott walker to chris christie and all sorts of others have slashed state funding for education, and now mitt romney is vowing to cut federal funding as well. here he is on fox news recently describing his plan. take a license. >> you said without qualification, quote we need to get the federal government out of education. does this mean eliminating the department education? >> not necessarily. it may be combined with other agencies. there will still be a role meaning for instance the federal government provides fundin
>> curiously president obama found an unlikely ally on this issue: mitt romney. >> i support extending the temporary relief on interest rates for students as a result of -- as a result of student loans obviously. in part because of the extraordinary -- extraordinarily poor conditions in the job market. >> now, let's turn to primary education, k through 12. the obama administration has created the $4 billion race to the top program and provided another $10,000,000,000 in...
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. >> he's clear on that j if the unemployment rate jumps up, is that what romney needs. >> no, whether it's 7.7 7.8 the american public is convinceed that president obama has not done the job that he needs to do. mitt romney will step in. they won't care about those numbers. they're in the vicinity where they are. and the election has already been decided for mitt romney. >> eliot: i think the job numbers do matter, and i think the president has made his case over the last four years. tina dupuy and boris epshteny, contributor to the daily caller and former communication aide to the mccain-palin campaign.
. >> he's clear on that j if the unemployment rate jumps up, is that what romney needs. >> no, whether it's 7.7 7.8 the american public is convinceed that president obama has not done the job that he needs to do. mitt romney will step in. they won't care about those numbers. they're in the vicinity where they are. and the election has already been decided for mitt romney. >> eliot: i think the job numbers do matter, and i think the president has made his case over the last...
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rate down below 8%. it started around 10%, and has gradually gone down. which does show again that the stimulus worked that the auto bailout worked. that the president's economic plan is working, and we are on our way back and i think that is something like 30 straight months of near -- near 30 if the no 30 straight months of positive jobs growth. so we are still living in the aftermath of the -- first presidential debate last wednesday, and living in anticipation of the vice president debate here to help us sort things out. ryan grim. hello, ryan, good morning. nice to talk to you again. >> good to talk to you. >> bill: the one issue that seems to linger from the debate is not jobs, health care or the economy, but big bird, right? he seems to be getting most of the commentary. >> when i heard that actually during the debate that -- that that was going to have the potential to kind of last the longest of anything being said that night, it was clear obama was going to get the pail handed to him in general
rate down below 8%. it started around 10%, and has gradually gone down. which does show again that the stimulus worked that the auto bailout worked. that the president's economic plan is working, and we are on our way back and i think that is something like 30 straight months of near -- near 30 if the no 30 straight months of positive jobs growth. so we are still living in the aftermath of the -- first presidential debate last wednesday, and living in anticipation of the vice president debate...
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president obama said, here is what i am going to do. i am going to let the tax rates expire for the top 2% affected a col be tay tax break. if you like that, vote for me. mitt romney says i am not going to raise taxes on markos moulitsasaires and billionaires. if you want to protect the millionaires, vote for me. the american people decided. so post election the senate passes a bill that had had passed a bill. president obama said the first thing we ought to do is get the senate bill through the house which will give a continuing tax break to 98% of americans. if you've got -- for the first -- in fact, a tax break on 100% of americans for the first $250,000 worth of income. if you make over $250,000, you go back to the clinton era tax rates on your income over 250,000, the president said and had some spending cuts there, a balanced plan seventeen -- no. 28 pages of spending cuts. john boehner rejected that. john boehner said, no. we can't go along with that. so the president comes up with a compromise. we didn't like the compromise. he
president obama said, here is what i am going to do. i am going to let the tax rates expire for the top 2% affected a col be tay tax break. if you like that, vote for me. mitt romney says i am not going to raise taxes on markos moulitsasaires and billionaires. if you want to protect the millionaires, vote for me. the american people decided. so post election the senate passes a bill that had had passed a bill. president obama said the first thing we ought to do is get the senate bill through...
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rating up to 53%. last the national polls or tied and probably will be i would assume until -- you know, nevada i don't think makes much difference. >> up until romney's son count the votes on his machine. >> stephanie: hey. bill clinton heavily deployed in the final stretch. he's seen by swing state voters as kind of a referee anything figueroa on the economy. the new ad is great. >> really great ad. >> stephanie: early voting underway, more decembers than republicans have voted in iowa, north carolina, and never them. in ohio more votes cast for obama than for republican ones, the obama team believes the early voting foreshadows the diverse electorate. two-thirds voting earlier well, young or minorities. voting has gone up most in latinos and african-americans the one that i had is up five. is that the one you have seen in ohio? >> yes. >> stephanie: and that was before monday's debate. >> yes. >> stephanie: that's a little synopsis as they sigh in the polling business. okay. let's go to maureen in m
rating up to 53%. last the national polls or tied and probably will be i would assume until -- you know, nevada i don't think makes much difference. >> up until romney's son count the votes on his machine. >> stephanie: hey. bill clinton heavily deployed in the final stretch. he's seen by swing state voters as kind of a referee anything figueroa on the economy. the new ad is great. >> really great ad. >> stephanie: early voting underway, more decembers than republicans...
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we have seem obama favorable ratings drop a little bit. right now, the romney campaign has basically knowing this is going to be the issue in november and if it's not the issue for whatever reason, it probably means the economy has recovered and they are going to lose anyway. so why not just take a rest on that. >> to the extent the economy -- to the extent there is good news on the economy, it's bad news for romney. >> yeah. >> exactly. >> thanks, aaron for getting up early and thanks for your good work as always. >> thanks, bill. >> aaron black with the fix with chris. is it olitsa. yes get that -- yes, i did. okay. the next column follow at post politics.com. jamie diamond says we don't need help. we dmeeptd regulation. we don't need government to oversee what we are doing on wall street. we blew another $2 billion. larry from new britain. what do you say. >> good morning. >> what i would like to say is that this is just another reason where republicans refused to compromise because -- >> yeah dodd frank really is a compromise. >> it's
we have seem obama favorable ratings drop a little bit. right now, the romney campaign has basically knowing this is going to be the issue in november and if it's not the issue for whatever reason, it probably means the economy has recovered and they are going to lose anyway. so why not just take a rest on that. >> to the extent the economy -- to the extent there is good news on the economy, it's bad news for romney. >> yeah. >> exactly. >> thanks, aaron for getting up...
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clinton will play a starring role at the democratic convention, formally nominating obama for recollection. this will make fox news explode entirely. clinton's approval rating in the latest gallup poll 66%. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> yep. >> stephanie: isn't that about where it was during the monica louwentski -- >> stephanie: yeah. i think people were impressed that he was still able to conduct foreign policy while in the middle of a -- >> that's multi-tasking -- >> now listen i heard -- no not you. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: you can't get anymore to the right. [ laughter ] >> see what you did there, you made a political joke out of a sex joke. >> stephanie: we were talk about our friend does this hilarious bit about how most guys after sex get that bobblely baby head and he was able to -- >> conduct international -- >> stephanie: he's a big dog. didn't break stride. >> yeah. >> stephanie: and it looks like mittens may have -- is he actively trying to lose every segment. he may have missed off the tea party now. tea partiers compare mitt romney to a biting ferret. >> what? >> what th
clinton will play a starring role at the democratic convention, formally nominating obama for recollection. this will make fox news explode entirely. clinton's approval rating in the latest gallup poll 66%. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> yep. >> stephanie: isn't that about where it was during the monica louwentski -- >> stephanie: yeah. i think people were impressed that he was still able to conduct foreign policy while in the middle of a -- >> that's multi-tasking --...
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and romney went after obama. >> stephanie: i liked when obama said the unemployment rate is the lowest it has been. i don't have a joke for that -- >> yeah, we just used that. my favorite was when he talked about the foreign policy debate coming up and said spoiler alert we got bin laden. >> obama: i have to say i'm impressed with how well governor romney has avoided that problem. >> stephanie: yeah, i think you are right. he has a more easy demeanor with it. and another one that romney had hard-hitting politically. i can't remember which one it was. but in some ways it was like the comedic version of his debate demeanor. >> there is something off-putting in this sort -- i get that we're raising money for catholic charities but there is something off putting about they are really in the final moments of this, and they are hitting on hard topics and going after each other, and then they take a night to laugh and joke and present this isn't happening. there is something insincere about it. it is a big fancy gala it's the same thing as the white house correspondence dinner. i have been at
and romney went after obama. >> stephanie: i liked when obama said the unemployment rate is the lowest it has been. i don't have a joke for that -- >> yeah, we just used that. my favorite was when he talked about the foreign policy debate coming up and said spoiler alert we got bin laden. >> obama: i have to say i'm impressed with how well governor romney has avoided that problem. >> stephanie: yeah, i think you are right. he has a more easy demeanor with it. and another...
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cnn survey found bush to be the only living president with a fayeable rating below 50%. [ wah wah ] >> that takes some doing. >> stephanie: yeah. okay. all right. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] meanwhile, president obama and the -- warned mitt romney would be squeezing more money out of seniors by turning medicare into a voucher program. romney accused obama of putting his needs against those -- putting his needs above those of the nation. what? huh? i don't understand most of romney's attack. what? president broadened his attack on support for the house plan that would change medicare from a fee for service program into one where future returns -- helpful vouchers. >> here's $20. go cure your cancer. >> caught rise your -- cauterize your wounds with coupons. >> stephanie: is that a gushing head wound? here is a band-aid. the president plans to turn medicare into a voucher program so it isn't worth enough to buy the insurance that's on the market, you're on your own. we shouldn't be squeezing more money out of seniors barely getting by right now. >> unbelievable. >> stephanie: this
cnn survey found bush to be the only living president with a fayeable rating below 50%. [ wah wah ] >> that takes some doing. >> stephanie: yeah. okay. all right. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] meanwhile, president obama and the -- warned mitt romney would be squeezing more money out of seniors by turning medicare into a voucher program. romney accused obama of putting his needs against those -- putting his needs above those of the nation. what? huh? i don't understand...
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. >> he is acting like obama completely ignored seal team 6. >> mission accomplished! >> yeah rush limbaugh started that. >> and who better to talk about self involved people. >> they are now predicting the unemployment rate will be below 8% bialek shun date. no incumbent president has ever been reelected with the unemployment below 8% -- or above 8% it has never hand. the ap is telling us no matter what we facts are, we are going to have this thing under 8% by the time you go into the voting both by november. >> wow. >> he is sounding a little panicked. >> might want to adjust one's doses. >> do you think president obama poses a real threat to your second amendment rights. i truly do. i don't think he has been as aggressive in his first term because he knew the consequences would be overwhelming, but his record in the state senate and the u.s. senate is much that this guy is not a friend of the second amendment and those of us who believe that is an important part of keeping us free. >> see what he is doing there. he did nothing about gun control, because he is waitin
. >> he is acting like obama completely ignored seal team 6. >> mission accomplished! >> yeah rush limbaugh started that. >> and who better to talk about self involved people. >> they are now predicting the unemployment rate will be below 8% bialek shun date. no incumbent president has ever been reelected with the unemployment below 8% -- or above 8% it has never hand. the ap is telling us no matter what we facts are, we are going to have this thing under 8% by the...
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. >> president obama, thirteen minutes before the top of the hour, thursday april 12th, president obama talked about the buffett rule yesterday down at the whitehouse and he had about 25 patriotic millionaires, millionaires who say, we are ready and we believe we should pay a higher rate in taxes. he had them with him in the south court auditorium, executive building. one of those, charlie fink will be here in studio with us at the top of the next hour to talk about buffett rule. now, we will continue to take your calls on the trayvon martin case and the charges yesterday filed by special prosecutor angela corey second-degree murder. i will get balk to your calls. first, if you are in the market and looking around for blinds drapes, shudders or shades and looking around your house and say, hey, it's time we upgraded and do something about a window treatment and all of the entire house or at least one room of the house, you have heard me talk about blinds.com, the place to go. peter okaygburn got new shudders. >> new blinds. >> new blinds for their house. carol and i have been getting dr
. >> president obama, thirteen minutes before the top of the hour, thursday april 12th, president obama talked about the buffett rule yesterday down at the whitehouse and he had about 25 patriotic millionaires, millionaires who say, we are ready and we believe we should pay a higher rate in taxes. he had them with him in the south court auditorium, executive building. one of those, charlie fink will be here in studio with us at the top of the next hour to talk about buffett rule. now, we...
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president obama has taken a stand, he has a 20.5 tax rate and. >> he says i am living proof why we need this. >> mitt romney in the 20 plus million dollar last year played 13.9%, i think, tax rate. tremendously low. it's below the cap gains rate of 15%. shows you how little he is paying. he is not concerned about this whatsoever. >> no. you know, on a related issue, today happens to be -- i know this only from think progress -- today is equal payday. day. >> what you are telling us is men -- women are still not making -- >> $0.77 on the dollar for what a man earns for the same job for same work. >> that's the definition of equal pay? right? you get the same pay for the came same kind of work. women on the whole are making $10,000 less each year than their male counterparts who do exactly the same duty. $10,000. >> that's a significant difference. bloomberg news did a wonderful survey looking into this and found it's not just like lower income teachers and that kind of professions. this is all the way up the scale to wall street, wall street has a huge disparity amongst their male and fe
president obama has taken a stand, he has a 20.5 tax rate and. >> he says i am living proof why we need this. >> mitt romney in the 20 plus million dollar last year played 13.9%, i think, tax rate. tremendously low. it's below the cap gains rate of 15%. shows you how little he is paying. he is not concerned about this whatsoever. >> no. you know, on a related issue, today happens to be -- i know this only from think progress -- today is equal payday. day. >> what you are...
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. >> finally this hour, big ratings for dade letterman thanks to president obama. tuesday night's episode of the cbs late show where the president was a guest had the most viewers in over two years! deadline reports on the nielsen ratings, the program's 60% increase over it regular year-to-date. >> that's incredible. >> just imagine if he put michelle obama on. >> bill: what if they put mitt romney on? >> tank, tank. >> i didn't see it. i heard clips of him being sensible. was he funny? >> bill: he was very funny. >> his timing is incredible. there was a point where letterman asked him you look good. and then obama says you look good and letterman says you haven't seen me naked and obama didn't miss a beat. he said we're going to keep it that way dave. >> bill: he was very sharp. he talked about the white house beer. and letterman asked him so he said they were making this beer and letterman says is that legal? and obama says you know, i don't know. fun times around the white house these days. you know what i've noticed is that with all of this flap this week about
. >> finally this hour, big ratings for dade letterman thanks to president obama. tuesday night's episode of the cbs late show where the president was a guest had the most viewers in over two years! deadline reports on the nielsen ratings, the program's 60% increase over it regular year-to-date. >> that's incredible. >> just imagine if he put michelle obama on. >> bill: what if they put mitt romney on? >> tank, tank. >> i didn't see it. i heard clips of him...
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tax rates for wealthy americans. and south carolina voters have spoken out in the latest poll. they want comedian stephen colbert to replace retiring senator jim demint. according to public policy polling, 20% of registered voters want to see colbert in office. the runner-up goes to rep tim scott with 15%. more bill press coming up after the break. stay with us. you're about to watch an ad message created by a current tv viewer for capella university. matter. >> i work with adults with developmental disabilities. growing up i had a single mother of four and people in the community were so helpful when they didn't even have much themselves. seeing people and their hardships made me want to make a difference in people's lives to give them hope. receiving a masters degree would open the doors for me to get into a management position where i would be able to do more for people. [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent. oh, did you want it? yea we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light buttery and flakey. t
tax rates for wealthy americans. and south carolina voters have spoken out in the latest poll. they want comedian stephen colbert to replace retiring senator jim demint. according to public policy polling, 20% of registered voters want to see colbert in office. the runner-up goes to rep tim scott with 15%. more bill press coming up after the break. stay with us. you're about to watch an ad message created by a current tv viewer for capella university. matter. >> i work with adults with...
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at any rate, the image of romney and the obama campaign has done a good job of making sure people understand this. romney, a guy who is elitist out of touch part of the very, very very, very wealthy who only knows their lifestyle. and doesn't really care about anybody else. and we've seen little flashes of that from romney himself like when he talked about some of his best friends have owneds in nascar teams. that's how he identifies with nascar fans. some of his best friends own the teams. he said the same thing about some of his best friends on the of in teams. that's how he identifies the people who follow nfl and football. we know how many -- the vacation homes he has and the big boat he's got. we know about the car elevator he's putting in his house in la jolla california. and of course, we know about ann romney's dressage horses. it is not just rafalca. it is two or three dressage horses. so there was this image, right, you get this picture of romney as a guy who can't identify with, doesn't even understand what average americans are going through. particularly in this economy. well, n
at any rate, the image of romney and the obama campaign has done a good job of making sure people understand this. romney, a guy who is elitist out of touch part of the very, very very, very wealthy who only knows their lifestyle. and doesn't really care about anybody else. and we've seen little flashes of that from romney himself like when he talked about some of his best friends have owneds in nascar teams. that's how he identifies with nascar fans. some of his best friends own the teams. he...
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that they can't let student loan rates pop up, double just 1. here is the president. >> tell congress now is not the time to double the interest rate on your student loans. now is the time to double down to the middle class, to build an america last, now is the time to work together to put people back to work. >> now is the time to get something done in congress instead of the silly bills they pass that they know going nowhere and ignore real problems like the violence against women act. we are going to move on to get in a lot of issues. pot, yes, coming up this hour. pets? yes. coming up to the top of the hour. and then tom periolo at the top of the next hour but first: >> this is the full court press. >> on this friday, other headlines making news, big sports night last night, the miami height-boston celtics series. heat tied by winning 98 to 79. lebron james scored 45 of the points. they will pay the thunder starting in weeks. >> absolutely. >> roseanne barr. >> saturday i will be at the book signing. i have to find a bar with a t.v. >> the c
that they can't let student loan rates pop up, double just 1. here is the president. >> tell congress now is not the time to double the interest rate on your student loans. now is the time to double down to the middle class, to build an america last, now is the time to work together to put people back to work. >> now is the time to get something done in congress instead of the silly bills they pass that they know going nowhere and ignore real problems like the violence against women...
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the toledo blade. [ ♪ "jeopardy" theme ♪ ] jobless rates are still too high. imagine the economies of ohio and michigan would look like today if mr. obama had not presided over the rescue of injury -- general motors. they depend on 850,000 jobs. they created the assembly and parts jobs in ohio. without it, chrysler and begin would have gone out of business and domestic industry supply chain would have collapsed taking ford with them. instead, u.s. auto makers are achieving huge gains in the fuel efficiency of their cars and trucks. who said that? >> mitt romney. >> stephanie: no. they go on to say the bailouts began under president george bush. mitt romney continued to oppose them. they're paying attention in ohio. they also say in the depths of the great recession no such investment was forthcoming. a high-powered businessman and the son of a detroit auto ceo who plays up his michigan roots might be expected to acknowledge that but no. [ applause ] alfranken will have to write an entire book about the romney campaign, the lies and liars to tell about this epi
the toledo blade. [ ♪ "jeopardy" theme ♪ ] jobless rates are still too high. imagine the economies of ohio and michigan would look like today if mr. obama had not presided over the rescue of injury -- general motors. they depend on 850,000 jobs. they created the assembly and parts jobs in ohio. without it, chrysler and begin would have gone out of business and domestic industry supply chain would have collapsed taking ford with them. instead, u.s. auto makers are achieving huge...
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. >> obama: i don't think it is acceptable for you for a handful of republicans in congress to hold middle class tax cuts hostage simply because they don't want tax rates on upper income folks to go up. >> stephanie: uh, yeah! let's go to kathy in mobile, alabama. >> mobile. >> caller: actually, it is mobile. i know you're not from the south. something i've heard recently which is totally stupid was someone made the comment that normally we only work 25 years and then we live only 40 years after that. a. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: which is crazy. if you started at 18, you reach retirement at 43 or even if you start working at 35. >> stephanie: this is something grover norquist said yesterday. i'm like who only works 25 years? math is -- that's what the president said. republicans have to stop using political math to say how much they're willing to raise tax rates on the wealthiest 2% and specify the spending cuts. they're the ones that aren't being specific. i'm flabbergasted how few details were in boehner's response. okay. kathy in illinois, you're on "the stephanie miller show". >>
. >> obama: i don't think it is acceptable for you for a handful of republicans in congress to hold middle class tax cuts hostage simply because they don't want tax rates on upper income folks to go up. >> stephanie: uh, yeah! let's go to kathy in mobile, alabama. >> mobile. >> caller: actually, it is mobile. i know you're not from the south. something i've heard recently which is totally stupid was someone made the comment that normally we only work 25 years and then we...
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. >> bill: in fact, for the pell grants college grants -- college loans rather in general president obama did and he talked about that is get rid of the middle man which means that students can continue to get their loans at a good rate and more money goes to the students and less to the banks for the financial institutions. >> right. i think that is a real achievement as far as i can tell. but it is not a huge difference. i mean pell grant budge set something on the order of -- it is in the billions. it might be as much as $15 billion. if you can get $60 million by cutting out the middle man that, will go to the students but overall, it won't radically change. >> bill: president obama also has differed from president bush's -- his education policies under arne duncan, secretary. quite different from no child left behind. one of the things i've heard at the white house and the press corps there is there are several states where they've said you know, give us a chance to get a little more flexibility in our states. republican governors and the obama administration has been working where th
. >> bill: in fact, for the pell grants college grants -- college loans rather in general president obama did and he talked about that is get rid of the middle man which means that students can continue to get their loans at a good rate and more money goes to the students and less to the banks for the financial institutions. >> right. i think that is a real achievement as far as i can tell. but it is not a huge difference. i mean pell grant budge set something on the order of -- it...
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president obama said no to that. now tear they want to take money from medicaid and from federal pensions. the president is vetoing that as well. if congress continues to -- if congress continues, it could be up to 6.8 northwest july. we're back with bill press. stay with us. i'm a dramatist. while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this. [ electricity crackling ] [ gasping ] so get allstate. you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. [ dennis ] mayhem is everywhere. so get an allstate agent. are you in good hands? and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good ri... what's that. ♪ ♪ you can spell. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's i
president obama said no to that. now tear they want to take money from medicaid and from federal pensions. the president is vetoing that as well. if congress continues to -- if congress continues, it could be up to 6.8 northwest july. we're back with bill press. stay with us. i'm a dramatist. while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car...
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the unemployment rate picked up from 8.1% to 8.2%. and the reaction was as expected, i guess. president obama out in -- not minneapolis but a suburb of minneapolis in honeywell minnesota said, hey, look. this is not great. but we are going in the right direction. >>. >>he will. >> we will come back stronger. we do have better days ahead and that is because of all of you. >> and he said, you know we will continue the policies that create more jobs. republicans on the other hand jumped on this immediately as the worst possible news the end of the world as we know it. john boehner: >> pretty clear the american people are hurting. small businesses continue to avert hiring any additional people. it's clear that the policies that we have seen are not working. >> he was joined by his number 2 man, or is he the number 1 man? we are never really sure about eric cantor. >> they are both number 1 and number 2 in my book. you know what i mean. >> i know what you mean. and cantor is clearly number 2. >> the american people really deserve better. i think with the right leadership we can do
the unemployment rate picked up from 8.1% to 8.2%. and the reaction was as expected, i guess. president obama out in -- not minneapolis but a suburb of minneapolis in honeywell minnesota said, hey, look. this is not great. but we are going in the right direction. >>. >>he will. >> we will come back stronger. we do have better days ahead and that is because of all of you. >> and he said, you know we will continue the policies that create more jobs. republicans on the...